#ECEE89#ECEE89

#ECEE89 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.124 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEE89
RGB	rgb(236, 238, 137)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(61, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 42.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.04, -14.83, 48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.04, 50.73, 107.00°)
OKLab	oklab(92.62% -0.0416 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(92.62% 0.124 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.6831, 80.7895, 35.5852)
Luminance	0.8079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEE89 #8B89EE

analogous

#EEBD89 #ECEE89 #B9EE89

triadic

#ECEE89 #89ECEE #EE89EC

tetradic

#ECEE89 #89EEBD #8B89EE #EE89B9

square

#ECEE89 #89EEBD #8B89EE #EE89B9

split-complementary

#ECEE89 #89B9EE #BD89EE

monochromatic

#D9DD20 #E3E654 #ECEE89 #F5F6BE #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#ECEE89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.16

#ECEE89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEE89

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEE89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEE89	1.00	1.22	17.16	17.16
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEA8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecee89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 238, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.124 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f3ad',
    500: '#ecee89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecee89;
$custom-light: #f4f3ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecee89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.188,
    "s": 74.815,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92618,
    "c": 0.12411,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEE89

secondary

#5552C9

accent

#0FD713

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171710

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEE89

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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